Can I drive from a rural road to other places without taking the expressway, national highway or provincial highway?

Jingzhou-Shennongjia Ring Road Self-driving Guide in Western Hubei 1. Overview and Preparation: 1. Overview of Western Hubei: Yichang is the dividing point, with plains to the east and mountains to the west, belonging to the Daba Mountains. The Yangtze River enters from Chongqing Hubei and runs through it. There are many tributaries, all of which merge into the Yangtze River. Shennongding, with an altitude of 3105 meters, is the highest peak in Hubei. 2. Time: October 1 to October 3, 2009 3. Car model and number of people: Great Wall Gorgeous, 1.5 displacement, hatchback mini car. 2 drivers and 2 kids. 4. Important scenic spots: Jingzhou Ancient City, Yichang Gezhouba, Yangtze River, Xiling Gorge, Three Gorges Dam, Xiangxi River, Shennong River, Dajiu Lake National Wetland Park, Shennongding Scenic Area, Hongpinglang Scenic Area, Yanziya Scenic Area, Shennongjia Forest areas, giant rivers, long slopes and local customs along the way. 5. Travel principles: A. 3 days from Jingzhou, be sure to go to Shennongjia Dajiu Lake; B. Pass through as many important scenic spots as possible, mainly by self-driving, supplemented by entering scenic spots; C. Choose a circular route to avoid repeating roads ; D. Choose to wear things backwards to avoid the peak crowds at various attractions during "November 11th". 6. Determine the route: starting from Jingzhou, arriving at Jingzhou, passing through Shennongjia Jingzhou, Yichang, Liantuo, Dooshan Qidu, Sandouping, Zigui, Guojiaba, Qidu, Xiangxikou, Xiakou, Gaoyang, Xixiqiuwan, Yandu River, Xiaguping, Dajiu Lake, Yakou, Hongping, Songbai, Yangri, Xiema, Maliang, Dianya, Lianhua, Yuan'an, Dangyang, Herong, Shilipu, Jingzhou. The journey is about 900 kilometers, and the road grades are expressways, national roads, provincial roads, and rural roads. 7. Travel Preparation: A. Route Research: Maps, Google Maps, and Online Guides. B. Equipment preparation: personal documents, money; mobile phone, GPS, map; quick-drying clothes, jackets, polar fleece, down jacket, sports shoes, personal change of clothes; standing medicine, mosquito repellent; camera, camcorder, personal entertainment equipment; Water, snacks. 2. Itinerary: D1: Jingzhou - Yichang - Doosan Steamship - Guojiaba Town - Xiangxi Steamship - Gaoyang Town - Gaoqiao Township - Yanduhe Town Road Book: (8:48) Hanyi Expressway Jingzhou Entrance - (9:49, 96 kilometers) Yichang Toll Station - (9:49, 5 kilometers) Ye Mingzhu Road Exit - (10:52, 25 kilometers. This time and kilometers have no reference significance. Plan the route and build the road, and go around the city yourself. Failure) Find a way and spend 10 yuan to ask locals to lead the way) Leave Yichang City - (11:00, 2 kilometers) Sanyoudong Scenic Area (get off and take photos) - (11:24, 18 kilometers) Sanxiajia - (11:40) 4km) Liantuo - (12:00, 4km) Doosan Hotpot (wait for 20 minutes) - (12:30) Crossing the river - (12:50, 10km) Viewing the Three Gorges Dam (taking photos) - (13:00, 6km) Zigui (lunch, departure at 14:00) - (14:45, 29km) Quyuan Town - (15:05, 29km) Xiangxi Steamboat (wait for 1 hour) - (16:10) Xiangxi Exit - (17:00, 27 kilometers) Xiakou Town - (passing Gaoyang Town, 17:40, 24 kilometers) Baishajiang (National Highway 209) - (18:40, 31 kilometers) Gaoqiao Township - (passing Yangchaba, this section of the road Detoured by an unknown rural gravel road due to road construction, 21:00, 64 kilometers) Yanduhe Town (dinner, accommodation), total journey 366 kilometers, 12 hours. Introduction: The journey from Jingzhou to Yichang is a highway with no scenery. As you approach Yichang, you can feel the transition from plains to mountains. Both the Three Gorges Line and the Xiling Yangtze River Bridge require passes, so you can only take Provincial Highway 334 after leaving Yichang. The throat from Yichang to Provincial Highway 334 is under construction. This is the first time this trip has been delayed due to road construction. I tried my best to find a solution but to no avail, so I had to ask a local motorcycle to lead the way. It cost 10 yuan and it took more than 20 minutes to go around the small, medium and large roads to solve the problem. Yichang should be considered a tourist city now, but in such a key area, road construction is cut off, but the feeling of driving in a different place is not considered at all, and there are no signs. This shows that the service awareness here is very poor. government. The road from Yichang to Doosan Qidu runs along the north bank of the Yangtze River. This section is the Xiling Gorge section of the Three Gorges. You can see the Yangtze River while driving, and the scenery is spectacular. From here to the west, the mountains along the Yangtze River are steep. The road has not been repaired yet. The Yangtze River steam ferry is very convenient and well managed. The interval is a little longer, about an hour. Just wait an hour. Provincial Highway 334 crosses the south bank of the Yangtze River via Doosan Steam and runs along the river with numerous tunnels. There is a Yangtze River Cruise Terminal at Sandouping along the way. Soon you can see the Three Gorges Dam, then walk along the south bank of the Yangtze River to Zigui, Quyuan Town and wait until the Xiangxi Steamboat in Guojiaba Town. This time, no luck. The ship had just left, and we waited for another hour before arriving at the Xiangxi entrance on the north bank of the Yangtze River again. Yichang is home to Xiling Gorge, the most dangerous of the Three Gorges. Xiangxi is a tributary of the Yangtze River and is famous as the hometown of Wang Zhaojun, one of the four beauties. Like most scenic spots, there are naturally many legends about Zhaojun. It starts from the entrance of Xiangxi, goes north, leaves the north bank of the Yangtze River, and goes to the deep mountains of western Hubei. From then on, we realized that the mountain road in western Hubei was difficult to travel. There are three main reasons: first, due to the terrain itself, which gradually rises, there are many detours on the mountain road; second, because there are too many road sections damaged by construction, requiring detours and detours. There are no road signs, so you can only ask along the way; thirdly, what is even worse is that the so-called roundabout section is actually not called a highway at all, but a gravel dirt road.

Since it didn't rain, we had to go home. The conventional route is from Xiangxikou to Xiakou Town to Gaoyang Town, then go northwest to Muyu Town to visit Shennongjia. After arriving in Gaoyang, go southwest as planned, passing through Baisha River, Gaoqiao Township, Yangcha Dam, and then to Yandu River. Town, prevent it from crossing Shennongjia. After passing the Yangcha Dam, the road was cut off for construction, so we had to ask for directions along the way and take a detour through the country roads. The road conditions were unexpectedly bad, almost all gravel roads. The purpose is to reach a new peak and not make the same mistakes again. The original plan was to arrive at Yanduhe Town at 17:00, but finding the road in Yichang was delayed for an hour, and the ferry was also delayed for an hour. The road from Xiangxi Exit to Yanduhe was less than 150 kilometers away, and it took five hours at 21:00 Just arrived. Along the Duhe Town, two middle school students in the car who had never experienced motion sickness were already shaking and dizzy, and they vomited as soon as they got off the car. After arriving at the Yanduhe Hotel, we checked into the Yanduhe Hotel, found a place to eat, and asked the waiter about the traffic conditions around the Yanduhe River. It will take several years to repair it. There are no travel agencies entering Shennongjia from here. Occasionally, people come in and out from here, mostly masochists. D2: Yandu River - Xiaguping - Dajiu Lake - Yakou - Hongping - Songbai Town Road Book: (8:40) Yanduhe Town - (10:25, 29 kilometers) Xiaguping Township (watching villagers killing pigs for 1 hour) - (12: 15, 25 kilometers) Dajiu Lake National Park gate (entry, tour, lunch) - (15:26, 53 kilometers) Dajiu Lake National Park gate (exit) - (15:32, 4 kilometers) Turn left at the fork in the road (all scenic spots in Shennongjia, the highest road elevation is about 2890 meters) - (17:12, 45 kilometers) Shennongjia Gate Yakou - (19:45, 80 kilometers) Songbai Town ( Dinner, accommodation) The total journey is 241 kilometers, 11 hours. Introduction: Yanduhe Town is close to the Shennong River, which is also a tributary of the Yangtze River. On the way from Yanduhe Town to Shennongjia, you can always enjoy the beautiful scenery of Shennong River. The water is clear and wide. water. Because it is located in a deep mountain canyon, there are many waterfalls, deep pools, iron bridges, etc. along the way. It is not an exaggeration to charge admission fees for these scenery, but there are too many here, but it is still relatively cheap for us passers-by. When I set out early in the morning, I met a sister at the door of the hotel and took the initiative to chat with me. It turns out that a group of people came from the Shennongjia road yesterday. She said the way up was more dangerous. She was almost scared to death and repeatedly reminded us to drive carefully. , thanked her for her kindness and we moved on. Mountain roads are indeed dangerous. Most of the road is carved into the cliff. One sharp turn follows another. The road is very narrow and there are no guardrails at the corners. People with mild fear of heights definitely have physiological reactions. No wonder the eldest sister came early in the morning. Scared to death. When passing by Xiaguping, I came across villagers killing pigs. I had the privilege of watching the entire process. Watching us taking photos, the villagers were surprised: "You can't even see pigs being killed? Then how do you city people eat pork? What?" This place is indeed relatively closed and the folk customs are simple. Although the road conditions were treacherous along the way, except for landslides in some places and repairs on small sections of the road, the road conditions were much better. Those who like to drive on mountain roads will definitely enjoy it. Driving all the way, watching the scenery and folk customs, we arrived on time at the Dajiu Lake National Wetland Park in the deepest part of Shennongjia. There are many introductions about Dajiu Lake on the Internet. I won't go into details. The scenery is nice, but not amazing. Since the development time was not long, trial operation started last year. The service level is very poor. , and they don’t solicit business, and no one greets them when they enter the restaurant to eat. You need to go to the kitchen and ask, "Can you eat here?" "Yes." What do you have to eat? " "What do you want to eat? "Don't know what you want to eat?" The farmer pointed to the vegetables and meat on the ground and said, "These are all edible." I saw that the radishes grown in the field outside my door can be eaten? "Yes, you can pull it out yourself, no money required." "Dajiuhu, which was once an old revolutionary area, is almost like this. You can watch TV while waiting for the peasant women to cook, and there are replays of 11 military parades." After entering the park gate, walk around the road for about 50 kilometers. Although it was 11 o'clock, there were not many tourists and it was very clean. It may be that it has not been developed for a long time, its reputation is not very prominent, the service is not very perfect, and it is not easy to get here. Except for some self-driving or outdoor clubs, regular travel agencies will not organize tourists to come here temporarily. After strolling around the lake and admiring the flowers, we headed to Prince House to go to Shennongding Scenic Area in Yaozikou, where Shennongjia’s scenic spots are concentrated. You can buy or not buy tickets in this area. There are two books on the guard's table. Cars without tickets (travel) and cars with tickets (tour) are registered separately and then released into the scenic spot. If you buy a ticket, you can get off the bus along the way and visit the roadside scenic spots. , more expensive than Huangshan. According to the suggestions of netizens, I will not buy it. The scenery is all on the road. After entering the Shennongding Scenic Area, the altitude continued to rise. The road near Shennongding reached the highest point of the trip, about 2,900 meters. The car had already arrived. Above the clouds, there was a vast mist, and people were already wearing all their clothes, including jackets, fleeces, and down jackets. Last night, they were shirtless and had dinner by the river. The road in Shennongjia is very good, and we crossed the road backwards, so the arrival time was completely different from the peak travel time. Which domestic scenic spots are not busy these days, the only one left is the 20 to 30 kilometers long Shennongding Scenic Area. There were seven or eight passenger cars on the way back, and only one or two large station wagons were seen. There are guards at the entrance of each scenic spot. After a busy day, I was exhausted. We didn't buy tickets. We took photos at the entrance and the guards didn't interfere.

The benefits of wearing it backwards are fully reflected here! Take pictures from the duck mouth at the main entrance of Shennongjia. Instead of going south to the busiest Muyu Town in Shennongjia, we go from north to east, passing through Hongping Town, Hongpinglang Scenic Area, and Yanziya Scenic Area, and arrive at Songbai Town in the center of the Shennongjia Forest Area. On the way, you can enjoy the scenery of the Shennongjia primeval forest, with lush vegetation and towering trees. Along the way, due to road construction, the road conditions were still very poor, and it was already dark when we arrived at Songbai Town. Staying at the Shennongjia Hotel, looking for a place to eat, it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night when I was full. At this point, the destination of this trip has been completed. All the scenic spots in Shennongjia have been passed, including: Dajiu Lake Scenic Area, Shennongding Scenic Area, Hongpinglang Scenic Area, Yanziya Scenic Area, and Shennongjia Forest Area. We will return tomorrow along another route. , enjoy the local customs and customs along the way and complete this cycle of self-driving. D3: Songbai Town - Xiema Town - Lianhua Town - Yuan'an - Dangyang - Shilipu - Jingzhou City Road Book: (8:40) Songbai Town - (9:12, 23 kilometers) Yangri Town - (9:37, 12km) Maqiao Town - (10:48, 47km) Xiema Town - (11:16, 21km) Maliang Town (watch the wedding) - (11:45, 25km) Yunnan Ya Town - (3km) Farmhouse (watch tobacco leaf picking and processing until 13:20) - (14:20, 36km) Hehua Town (lunch until 15:40) - (16:18, 36km) Yuan'an County - (16:50 , 44km)) Dangyang City (tour until 16:50) - (18:18, 50 kilometers) Shilipu Beijing-Hunan Expressway Entrance - (18; 38, 29 kilometers) Jingzhou Exit The total journey is 328 kilometers, 10 hours. Introduction: Early in the morning, I discovered that a tire was slightly inflated. Upon inspection, it was found that 3 nails had been pierced. It was probably caused by passing by a road construction site yesterday, and the tire repairs were started. On the way back, we went all the way down the mountain to Dianya Town. The road conditions are excellent, with steep mountain descents, frequent bends and few cars. The drive was very pleasant. Two students in the back seat excitedly exclaimed: "Gone with the wind! Gone with the wind!!!" Of course, you must be careful, and you still need certain driving skills to enjoy it. Along the way there is the Ju River, as well as mountains and rivers. For people who have lived in the northern plain cities for a long time, the scenery is endless. I encountered the whole process of the wedding in Ma Liang Town. I stopped to watch it and it was very lively. After leaving Electric Cliff, I saw goats on the roadside. The students got out of the car out of curiosity to take pictures and walked along the mountain road to the farmhouse. The local people are honest and hospitable, and let us go into the adobe farmhouse to make tea and chat. Dianya is a tea town, and the tea leaves are grown and roasted by the boss himself. The village woman in the yard is doing the initial processing of tobacco leaves. We are curious and we help together while we learn. The children are happily helping their master pick tobacco leaves in the field. Not long after saying goodbye to the farmhouse, we encountered road construction and unilaterally cut off the road, allowing passing vehicles to pass alternately. The construction section is very long, estimated to be about 5 kilometers. Due to the long distance between both sides of the road, management and signage are confusing. During the journey, we encountered oncoming vehicles, made U-turns on a 3-meter-wide road, reversed over long distances, and carried bricks and paved roads ourselves, among other troubles. It took more than half an hour to pass the short 5 kilometers. After arriving in Yuan'an County, the road condition was very good, no worse than the expressway. When passing through Dangyang City, I stopped by to take a look at Changban Slope. There are sculptures of famous figures from the Three Kingdoms. The children know more about the Three Kingdoms than I do. Explain to me, show. Leaving Dangyang, we drove all the way and finally arrived in Jingzhou at 7pm. Kongming lanterns are selling well in the squares along the Yangtze River. Thousands of Kongming lanterns float into the sky, which is very spectacular. At this point, the trip from Jingzhou to Shennongjia has been successfully completed as planned. Total trip in 3 days: 935 kilometers 3. Experience summary: 1. The map is released in a chaotic manner, with a large number of new roads and different cycle lengths. There is a lot of road maintenance. The maintenance road instructions are confusing and inhumane, and the relevant information cannot be accurately understood, so in the formulation When planning long-distance self-driving, various maps cannot be completely trusted, and multiple versions of maps need to be used for comparison. 2. Ticket prices for scenic spots increase frequently, and the quality of scenic spots varies. The scenery along the self-driving journey is no less than the attractions you get a ticket for, so you can enjoy it to your heart’s content.